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125 Project Management Buzzwords

The IIL Blog

Agile A flexible and dynamic approach to project management that allows for iterative updates during defined time blocks, which allows for incremental value. Agile Manifesto The fundamental document that outlines the values and principles of Agile project management. identify items such as benefits and costs).

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A Complete Guide to PMIS

ProjectManager.com

PMIS is made to support all aspects of project management and the information they monitor or collect. That’s a lot of information to keep track of, and when managing a project, it is crucial to be able to immediately pluck that information required at that moment out from all that data. Therefore, a PMIS is so important.

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Different Project Management Terms Beginners Should Know

ProProfs Project Management

The shortest time estimated to complete a specific project task or activity is known as optimistic duration. Performance Measurement Baseline. This creates a point of comparison of all the other baselines to evaluate project performance. Risk is any positive or negative event that can affect project execution.

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Closing A Project with MS Project

MPUG

It’s possible that during a project life cycle, some planned activities are never executed. For example, it may be that some planned meetings didn’t materialize, planned tasks were never started, or your team didn’t execute a set of risk mitigation tasks because the risk(s) didn’t occur.

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Compendium of Works to Increase Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management Briefings and Presentations. Project Performance Management (#PPM). Agile Project Management (#APM). Risk Management (#RM). Technical Performance Measures (#TPM). Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management.

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Risk Management in Five Easy Pieces, with Apologies to Jack

Herding Cats

Managing Cost, Schedule, & Technical Performance Risk Is The Basis Of Good Project Management. Risk management is essential to the success of any significant project. Certain information about key project cost, performance, and schedule attributes are often unknown until the project is underway.

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The Complete Glossary of 614 Project Management Terms

Workamajig

Just the links below to jump to the right project management term: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W. Accept: A response to a project risk where the project manager accepts the risk and takes no action to evade it, i.e. 'accepting' the risk. A project sponsor can request an audit.